In the woods, Luo and Selt were sitting on the same big rock, panting.
"I'm really tired, drink... drink some water." The heavy breathing made his throat very dry and sore. Selt drank a few sips of water from the kettle and handed it to Luo.
"Did you fail too? Haha." Luo said while drinking water.
Selt said: "Damn it, I was thrown off and chased and bitten by it. As a result, I injured it and it flew away. Where is Wayne?"
"I don't know, I didn't see it. I hope nothing happens."
Just as he was talking, Wayne yelled and limped over: "You two, I asked you to help me but you didn't help me, so I was chased by a group of griffons. Fortunately, I found a cave, and then
Get rid of them, it will be embarrassing for the people in the camp to know."
Seeing that his body was messy and there were several feathers on his armor, Selt couldn't help but be happy: "How did you end up like this?"
"You still said that! I almost died, do you know. Oops..." Wayne walked over, holding his buttocks.
"Injured? Turn around and look."
Wayne hurriedly said: "Don't look, turn around, turn around, go away."
Selt winked at Luo, and the two of them grabbed Wayne and pressed him against the boulder. A large piece of his pants was torn off from behind, and half of his round butt was exposed. The griffon's
The claw wound also scratched a large piece of his flesh. The blood has been stopped by the powder, but it is still very scary.
"Look at your size, you are sick." Wayne was quite angry and pushed them both away.
Selt said: "Hey, hey, you look very serious. Take off your pants and let us bandage you."
"Go to hell, I'll go back to the camp and find a nurse to bandage it."
Selt chuckled: "Don't be shy, we care about you too. Luo, come on."
After struggling for a while, Wayne finally gave in.
After bandaging the injury, a gryphon suddenly flew past in the sky. Ursula waved her hands to them on the back of the gryphon and said, "Hey, I'm here."
The gryphon made a circle and landed. The three people from Selt surrounded it: "Ursula, did you catch it?"
Ursula jumped off the back of the griffin, touched its feathers and said proudly: "Of course, it's awesome."
Wayne was dissatisfied and said: "Tch, you obviously have good stuff yourself, but you ask us to blow some leaves, and those leaves don't work at all."
Ursula said: "Of course it's useless to just play the leaf flute. It can only appease its emotions. You have to conquer it. Have you ever seen a wild horse tamed? The proud wild horse is not easy to control, and the rider must conquer it.
Okay."
"So you conquered it?"
Ursula smiled and nodded: "Although there are some tricks, the most important thing is not to let it throw you off. When it can't do anything to you, it will succumb."
"That's right." Selt said, "But why didn't you tell us this before?"
Ursula was stunned: "Didn't I say it? I remember saying it."
All three people stared at him.
Ursula laughed dryly: "Okay, maybe I forgot to say it, but you should understand this even if I don't say it."
"That's true." Salt said: "Although I tried my best to catch it, I was still thrown off by it. It seems that there is a difference between experienced and inexperienced."
Wayne said: "Luo, you didn't catch it either?"
Luo shook his head: "The gryphon took me and hit a big tree directly, so I had to let go. By the way, Ursula, I have something to ask you."
"oh?"
Luo told him the situation of the griffon he met at the top of Griffin Cliff.
Ursula said: "I didn't pay attention to what the leader of this group of griffins looks like. But from what you said, it should be an old griffin."
"Old Griffin."
"Yes." Ursula explained: "The lifespan of a griffon is generally between 150 and 180 years old. When it gets old, its beak and toenails will age and become loose. When this happens,
, it can no longer hunt and eat, so the one you saw probably hasn’t eaten for many days, so it doesn’t have the energy to fly anymore.”
"So that's it." Luo asked: "Then it's the only way it's going to be hungry all the time? Its gryphon companions won't help it?"
"How to help?" Ursula said: "Its mouth can no longer tear apart pieces of flesh, or even open and close freely. Such an old griffon can only wait for death, unless..."
"Unless what?"
Ursula said: "Unless it can be ruthless, endure the severe pain, pluck out its toenails one by one, smash its mouth on the rocks, and then go through months of starvation while its beak and toenails grow back.
Only when the griffin comes out can it be possible for such a griffin to undergo transformation and gain new life. But there are very few griffins who can do this. If it can really do this, then this griffin must be a very proud king and does not want to be like an ordinary griffin.
It's the same mediocre death. But from what you said, that griffin doesn't seem to have the courage to do this, so the only way to wait for its fate is death."
"Ah! There is such a thing." Wayne felt strange.
After hearing this, Luo felt quite sympathetic and asked: "Can't we help it with this matter? We can help it remove its toenails and beak, but give it an anesthetic so that it won't hurt."
Ursula shook her head: "No. No one can help it except itself. The griffon's new transformation is not only the new meat of the body, but also the transformation of the mind, because rebirth requires a very strong willpower and
Extremely tenacious vitality. My father once secretly observed the transformation process of a griffon. He told me that it was a long and torturous process. During this process, the griffin had to face the pain alone. Those who have not experienced it would not be able to
Experience and description. After eight months of loneliness and torture, the griffin my father observed finally failed to transform and froze to death on an icy cliff. So if the griffin you mentioned is
It doesn’t have the courage to go through this hurdle on its own, and no one can help it.”
Wayne woke up and said, "Why is it that what you said makes me feel sour?"
Ursula sighed: "If you want to succeed, if you don't work hard, no matter how many people help you, it will be useless. No more chatting, it's getting dark, let's go see how the three traps are doing, and then go back
Let’s go to camp.”
After checking the three traps, none of them had been touched. Ursula said: "Sure enough, hunting monsters is a difficult thing."
Wayne limped and asked, "What to do with these traps?"
Ursula said: "Just stay here. Maybe when we come back in a few days, a griffon or other magical beast will enter the net." Then he summoned his guardian, which was also a griffin: "
Wayne, Luo, you two can go back on my guardian, while Selt and I will ride on this wilderness griffin."
"Um."
Ursula's guardian is a golden prairie griffon, which is slightly smaller than the wilderness griffin he captured. It seems that it has not yet fully grown up. Luo pulled Wayne and jumped up. The prairie griffon spread its wings and took the lead.
Leading the way, the wilderness griffin followed behind.
When they returned to the camp and took a look, they found that the position had experienced battles. Selt and Luo both secretly thought that something was wrong. If they were absent from the battle, they could be sentenced to desertion, which is a death penalty. Ursula said: "I will take care of this griffon for the time being.
, when it becomes more tamed, I will hand it over to one of you."
"Okay, that's it." The four of them quickly reported back to their respective units, preparing how to explain.
Back at the mercenary camp, captain Thain was furious and scolded Wayne and Luo. Irina felt distressed as she watched, fearing that the captain would severely punish them. Then Luo and Wayne explained themselves.
He told me everything about going to the wild to catch griffons.
Thain said: "Humph, you left the camp without even giving a report. I think you are tired of living."
Luo and Wayne both lowered their heads, as if they were admitting their guilt.
Thain said: "Forget it, everyone is back, and you didn't deliberately avoid the war. I'll forget it this time. But there will never be a next time, otherwise you will be charged with desertion. Remember, this is a military camp and an army. Here we are.
Even if you are mercenaries here, if you break the military law, you will still be judged guilty, and those who deserve the death penalty will still be sentenced to death."
When Wayne heard what he said, his face suddenly smiled, but he immediately poured a ladle of cold water on his face.
"What are you happy about, Wayne?" Thain said: "Although you are not considered deserters, you are still unavoidable for leaving your post without permission. However, considering that you are injured, your punishment will be Big Low.
Well, Luo, do you have any objections?"
Luo originally wanted to say he had an opinion, but seeing Wayne's pleading look, he had no choice but to say nothing. As a result, he was punished with twenty lashes of lash, which was beaten until his skin and flesh were raw.
The night was dead, Luo was lying on the bed, and the hoarse cry of the old griffin was always lingering in his head. For some reason, he was always thinking about this wild griffin, thinking that it could only live on the cliff.
, waiting for death slowly in his nest, I felt a little sad and uncomfortable. Could a once proud griffon leader really have to die such a miserable death?
With the burning pain in his body and the lingering in his ears, it took a long time for Big Low to fall asleep...
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Quietly at night, in the veterinary team of the military camp, a small monster with a big head ran out of the tent. It stood on two feet and looked around with a pair of big eyes, as if it was looking for something. But in this strange environment,
In a strange place, it didn't know which direction to go. It shook its fat tail, looked left and right, and finally chose a direction to run to.
Early the next morning, it was still dark, and Wayne was sleeping soundly in bed. He didn't know what he was dreaming about. He was grinning and giggling, and his mouth was drooling all over the pillow and sheets. At this time, a man
The big head came over, looked around at the person on the bed, and then stuck out his tongue to lick up Wayne's saliva.
Wayne was tickled by the licking. He waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't be like this. I'm a little uncomfortable with being too proactive." It turned out that he was talking in his sleep.
The big head was stunned for a moment, then stuck out his tongue and continued licking, and finally inserted his long tongue into Wayne's mouth.
Wayne licked the tongue in his mouth, and finally bit it hard, which made his head tremble with pain and woke up everyone in the room.
"Hey, what's going on?"
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